3359 results found for 'Merkur'

3359 results found for 'Merkur'
Order results by

A list of search results

  • Extensive Bird Survey Undertaken on Dogger Bank, UK

    5 July 2012
    Environment, R&D

    Carried out by environmental specialists from Gardline Environmental and HiDef Aerial Surveying, the extensive surveys were commissioned to enable Forewind to gather vital information about the species and numbers of bird and marine mammal species, their distributions and seasonal variations across the 8660km2 zone. The information will be used to help Forewind plan the layout and […]

  • Sweden Tackles Offshore Wind Grid Connection Costs

    21 March 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, R&D

    The Swedish Energy Agency has, on behalf of the government, examined two different models to remove the grid connection costs for offshore wind power.

  • Aveillant to Test Its Radar in Suffolk

    28 July 2014
    R&D, Technology

    Aveillant’s extended range Holographic Radar™ is to be trialled in November at a site near Woodbridge, Suffolk, very close to where the world’s first persistent surveillance radar protected England’s shores from enemy aircraft during the Second World War. To support requirements on spectrum efficiency, Holographic Radar™ is networked to provide next-generation regional and national high-definition […]

  • Clean Energy Solutions Center, IRENA Partner to Support Renewable Energy Policy Advice Network

    22 May 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The Clean Energy Solutions Center, an initiative of the Clean Energy Ministerial, and the International Renewable Energy Agency have formalized a collaboration that will help accelerate the global deployment of renewable energy. The jointly-led Renewable Energy Policy Advice Network (REPAN) will leverage both organizations’ resources by coordinating a global network of experts and practitioners to […]

  • Goltens Appoints New COO and Board Members

    14 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    Goltens Worldwide Management Corp. (GWMC) has appointed Roy Strand as Chief Operating Officer. Strand has previously served as the Vice President of Operations in the Americas and Europe, and will continue to serve as the Advisory Board Chairman within the Goltens Worldwide group of companies. Prior to joining Goltens, Strand held various managerial and global executive […]

  • Q1 Wind Energy Project Funding Reaches USD 7.2 Bln

    23 April 2014

    Mercom Capital Group, llc, a global clean energy communications and consulting firm, released its report on funding and merger and acquisition (M&A) activity for the wind sector during the first quarter of 2014. Wind venture capital (VC) funding fell to $32 million compared to $93 million in Q4 2013. Total funding in the wind sector […]

  • Plaid Cymru Vows to Deliver 100% Renewables to Wales

    14 July 2015
    Authorities

    A Plaid Cymru government will deliver 100% of Wales’ electricity from renewables, the party’s Shadow Energy Minister Llyr Gruffydd has announced. He said that the Party of Wales will publish a route map towards generating 100% of Wales’ electricity needs from renewables by 2035 within 100 days of a Plaid Cymru government. The party’s Shadow […]

  • Ørsted Devising ‘Band-Aid’ Solution for EUR 403 Million Cable Issue

    15 June 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted is developing a solution that could potentially save the company from spending as much as EUR 403 million to repair damaged inter-array cables across up to ten of its offshore wind farms. As previously reported, Ørsted discovered an issue with Cable Protection Systems (CPSs) on the Race Bank wind farm off the UK earlier […]

  • Van Oord Installs Inter-Array Cables at Hollandse Kust Noord

    21 July 2023
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord has completed installing and burying inter-array cables at CrossWind’s Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. Van Oord’s cable-laying vessel Nexus and trencher Dig-It, a remotely-operated vehicle operated from Subsea Viking, have installed a web of 69 inter-array cables measuring 140 kilometres in total. The offshore wind farm is […]

  • US Interior Department Reorganizes Interbureau Offshore Wind Tasks

    18 January 2023
    Authorities

    The US Department of the Interior (DOI) has shifted responsibility for offshore renewable energy-related safety and environmental protections from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE). Some key authorities that are transferred to BSEE include, but are not limited to: evaluating and overseeing facility design, fabrication, […]

  • Ingka Buys Stake in 6 GW Finnish Offshore Wind Portfolio from OX2

    12 May 2023
    Business & Finance, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Wind Farm Update

    Swedish developer OX2 has agreed with Ingka Investments to sell a 49 per cent stake in its three offshore wind projects in Finland with a total installed capacity of about 6,000 MW. The three projects are Halla, Laine, and Tyrsky located in the Gulf of Bothnia in the Finnish Exclusive Economic Zone. With a combined […]

  • Dutch Government to Open 4 GW IJmuiden Ver Tender on 29 February 2024; Specifies Ecological Criteria

    3 November 2023
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Dutch government will open the application period for the IJmuiden Ver Alpha and Beta tender on 29 February 2024 and will accept proposals until 5 p.m. on 28 March. On 3 November, the government also informed about the additional criteria that will be part of the tender requirements. In the first quarter of 2024, […]

  • Green Jade to Put Waste Heat from Its Engines to Good Use

    19 November 2020
    Technology, Vessels

    The Green Jade floating heavy lift installation vessel, owned by CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE) and currently under construction at CSBC shipyard in Kaohsiung, will be equipped with a system for recovery of green electricity from the waste heat of its engines. German company Orcan Energy, specialising in technology for conversion of waste heat into electricity, will […]

  • Busy Summer at East Anglia Offshore Wind Projects

    24 July 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    ScottishPower Renewables is planning to start a number of onshore and offshore surveys this summer as part of the 900MW East Anglia Two and the 800MW East Anglia One North offshore wind projects.

  • Renewables Work for EnBW

    22 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    EnBW’s operating result (adjusted EBITDA) for 2015 amounted to around EUR 2.1 billion, 2.7% lower than in the previous year. High impairment losses on power plants and increased provisions for onerous contracts for electricity procurement agreements have impacted the company’s operating result to a considerable extent, EnBW reported. In the 2015 financial year, EnBW achieved slightly higher revenue of […]

  • Iberdrola Connects First Turbine at WoDS

    25 February 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Via its British subsidiary ScottishPower Renewables, Iberdrola is making progress on its first major offshore wind power project, the West of Duddon Sands wind farm (WoDS), in the United Kingdom. The company is carrying out this initiative in a joint venture with Danish firm Dong Energy. The first turbines at this offshore wind farm have […]

  • USA: Offshore Wind Energy Act Passes House Economic Matters Committee

    27 March 2012
    Authorities

    Following two years of intense debate, the powerful House Economic Matters committee favorably reported, with a vote of 13 to 8, the Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2012 (HB 441) to the floor of the House of Delegates, where it is expected to pass. The Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2012 would set […]

  • UK: Strainstall’s OVMS Completes Sea Trials

    24 June 2013

    Strainstall’s new Offshore wind farm Vessel Management System (OVMS) provides the potential for significant improvements in the numerous transfer vessel movements that support operation and maintenance activities in the offshore wind energy industry. The system builds on the very successful Integrated Mooring Monitoring Solution (IMMS) that is used extensively in the tightly regulated environment of […]

  • Danish Firm Unveils ‘Jack-Up on Jack-Up’ Concept for Offshore Wind Turbine Maintenance

    4 September 2024
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Vessels

    The Danish-based company, Knud E. Hansen, has revealed a “next-generation” maintenance vessel for offshore wind turbines, capable of handling repairs on-site, minimising the need to remove the components and transport them to shore for servicing. The “Jack-up on Jack-up” concept includes a four-legged vessel with a 15-metre wide working platform, which can be elevated to […]

  • AWS Truepower Receives Grant from DOE for Enhanced National Offshore Wind Energy (USA)

    7 October 2011
    R&D

      AWS Truepower was recently awarded $900,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to help establish an enhanced National Offshore Wind Energy data network. The project will help facilitate public-private collaboration, assess quality and relevance of existing data sets, and provide guidance on all United States and international standards related to the design and […]

  • Norstec Academy Student: WindEnergy Hamburg Rewarding Experience for Young Professionals

    18 November 2014
    Training & Education

    Norstec Academy student Olga Rocío Herrera has written the following article about her experience of a large European wind energy fair.  Thousands of people were moved by the wind in the last week of September. From different continents, after crossing seas and frontiers they gathered in Germany for WindEnergy Hamburg 2014. Engineers, scientists, students, companies and organizations […]

  • Next Phase of Seagreen Onshore Cabling Work Set to Start

    5 October 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The next phase of the onshore cable works for the Seagreen offshore wind farm in Scotland is set to start at Carnoustie Golf Links in the coming days, according to Angus Council. In August, the Seagreen team begun preparatory works for the onshore cabling project with early compound set up works at Carnoustie. The following […]

  • Noordzeker Consortium to Refine Dutch Offshore Wind Project Before July

    12 June 2024
    Authorities, Environment, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The Noordzeker consortium, one of the winners of the latest offshore wind auction in the Netherlands, will look to refine the 2 GW project before filing the decision on whether to progress development to the Dutch government, which is required by July 2024. As reported earlier, Noordzeker, the consortium comprising SSE Renewables, Dutch pension fund […]

  • California Offshore Wind Energy Area Reaches New Milestone

    12 January 2022
    Authorities, Environment

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has released the draft Environmental Assessment (EA) on the potential impacts from future commercial leasing and related site characterization and assessment activities within the Humboldt Wind Energy Area (WEA) offshore California. The Humboldt WEA is approximately 206 square miles that, if developed, could bring up to 1.6 […]

  • Jersey Met’s Offshore Wind Project Gets Thumbs Up

    29 April 2013

    The Planning Applications Panel has given the go ahead to Jersey Met’s three-year offshore wind project. The Met Department wants to find out more about the wind around Jersey’s territorial waters to inform future planning for renewable energy. It applied for permission to put a mast and weather monitoring equipment on outlying rocks three kilometres […]

  • Borssele 1&2 Fully Commissioned

    27 November 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted’s first offshore wind farm in the Netherlands, Borssele 1&2, has been fully commissioned. Located 22 kilometres off the coast of the province of Zeeland, the 752 MW project has now become the largest offshore wind farm in the Netherlands and the second-largest operating offshore wind farm in the world, providing enough green electricity to […]